Posted on 09/24/2008 5:47:12 AM PDT by TejanoJim
Texas legislators moved last month to try to include immigration enforcement in the responsibilities of local police departments, but area officials insist the differences among communities would make it almost impossible to uniformly implement those laws.
In Brownsville, a losing competition for staff with the U.S. Border Patrol and the city’s daily flow of legal and illegal immigrants have resulted in a police department with barely enough personnel to carry out its regular duties.
State Rep. Frank Corte Jr., R-San Antonio, and state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Austin, have sought an opinion from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on whether the state’s Legislature has the authority to invalidate sanctuary policies.
In Brownsville, as in most of the Rio Grande Valley and hundreds of cities across the country, such unwritten laws allow officers to practice a “don’t ask” policy regarding immigration status.
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On the one hand, they are expected to enforce the laws — and on the other hand, they are expected to enforce the laws. It’s a tough choice, I imagine.
Thank goodness Obama and McCain wil both end illegal imigration by making everyone in Mexico a quasi U.S. citizen.
Thank goodness Obama and McCain wil both end illegal imigration by making everyone in Mexico a quasi U.S. citizen.
The cops should go to jail for not doing their job!!!
They have enough time to bust people for not having their seat belts on, smoking in a non smoking area, riding your bike without a helmet, going 1 mile over the speed limit, etc,etc,etc. BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET RID OF THE ILLEGALS!!!!
If you find an illegal, make an arrest. How hard is that?
Bull. They do what they WANT to do and sometimes what they WANT is expedience at the expense of law-enforcement.
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